śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha pañcāśassargaḥ |
tataḥ prāguttarāṃ gatvā rāmassaumitriṇā saha |
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viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya yajñavāṭamupāgamat || 1 ||
rāmastu muniśārdūlamuvāca sahalakṣmaṇaḥ |
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sādhvī yajñasamṛddhirhi janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 2 ||
bahūnīha sahasrāṇi nānādeśanivāsinām |
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brāhmaṇānāṃ mahābhāga vedādhyayanaśālinām || 3 ||
ṛṣivāṭāśca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṅkulāḥ |
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deśo vidhīyatāṃ brahman yatra vatsyāmahe vayam || 4 ||
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
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niveśamakaroddeśe vivikte salilāyute || 5 ||
viśvāmitramanuprāptaṃ śrutvā sa nṛpatistadā |
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śatānandaṃ puraskṛtya purohitamaninditam || 6 ||
pratyujjagāma sahasā vinayena samanvitaḥ |
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ṛtvijo'pi mahātmānastvarghyamādāya satvaram || 7 ||
viśvāmitrāya dharmeṇa dadurmanntrapuraskṛtam |
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pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 8 ||
papraccha kuśalaṃ rājño yajñasya ca nirāmayam |
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sa tāṃścāpi munīn pṛṣṭvā sopādhyāyapurodhasaḥ || 9 ||
yathānyāyaṃ tatassarvaissamāgacchatprahṛṣṭavat |
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atha rājā muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata || 10 ||
āsane bhagavānāstāṃ sahaibhirmunipuṅgavaiḥ |
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janakasya vacaśśrutvā niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ || 11 ||
purodhā ṛtvijaścaiva rājā ca saha mantribhiḥ |
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āsaneṣu yathānyāyamupaviṣṭān samantataḥ || 12 ||
dṛṣṭvā sa nṛpatistatra viśvāmitramathābravīt |
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adya yajñasamṛdhdirme saphalā daivataiḥ kṛtā || 13 ||
adya yajñaphalaṃ prāptaṃ bhagavaddarśanānmayā |
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dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yasya me munipuṅgava || 14 ||
yajñopasadanaṃ brahman prāpto'si munibhiḥ saha |
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dvādaśāhaṃ tu brahmarṣe śeṣamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || 15 ||
tato bhāgārthino devān draṣṭumarhasi kauśika |
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ityuktvā muniśārdūlaṃ prahṛṣṭavadanastadā || 16 ||
punastaṃ paripapraccha prāñjaliḥ praṇato nṛpaḥ |
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imau kumārau bhadraṃ te devatulyaparākramau || 17 ||
gajasiṃhagatī vīrau śārdūlavṛṣabhopamau |
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padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau || 18 ||
aśvināviva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau |
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yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokādivāmarau || 19 ||
kathaṃ padbhyāmiha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune |
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varāyudhadharau vīrau kasya putrau mahāmune || 20 ||
bhūṣayantāvimaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāvivāmbaram |
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parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ || 21 ||
kākapakṣadharau vīrau śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ |
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā janakasya mahātmanaḥ || 22 ||
nyavedayanmahātmānau putrau daśarathasya tau |
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siddhāśramanivāsaṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ tathā || 23 ||
taccāgamanamavyagraṃ viśālāyāśca darśanam |
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ahalyādarśanaṃ caiva gautamena samāgamam || 24 ||
mahādhanuṣi jijñāsāṃ kartumāgamanaṃ tathā |
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etatsarvaṃ mahātejā janakāya mahātmane || 25 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe pañcāśassargaḥ ||